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No. 240,104. PatentedA pril 2e, mesa.

muncl ATTORNEY & WUNESSES N. PETER PHOTO UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

UZZIEL HAYWARD, or NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

COT-BEDSTEAD, SETT EE, AND CAMP-STOOL.

SPECIFICATION. forming part of Letters Patent No. 240,704, dated April 26, 1881.

Application filed January 17, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, UzzIEL HAYWARD, of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in (lot-Bedsteads, Settees, and Camp Stools; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being bad to theannexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a perspective view0f ,my improved cot-bedstead. Fig. 2 is a perspective detail thereof. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the same. Fig.

- 4 is a view of the bedstead folded, and Figs.

5 and 6 are details.

This invention relates to folding cot-bedstcads and the like; and it consists in the improved features of construction and combination hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates the side rails of the cot or seat, having near each end mortises ain their under sides.

B indicates the cross-legs, which are pivoted together at b and provided at their upper ends with tenons 0. The cross legs B are made tapering from top to bottom, and their adjacent faces are cut away laterally from a point just above the pivot 11 to their lower ends. Above the pivot 11 the adjacent faces of the legs B are cut away diagonally from the tops to the lateral cuts before mentioned, so as to leave wedge shaped opposing shoulders B, which leave enlarged upper ends on which to form the tcnonsc, and also permit the legs when folded to close upon each other after the manner of the blades of shears. Hinge-plates d are bolted to the upper ends of the legs B, as shown, and the eyes (1 of said hinge-plates are secured within the inortises a by pins d in such a manner that when the legs are at right angles with the rails the tenons will enter the mortises referred to, and when saidlegs are folded toward the middle portions of the rails the tenons will be disengaged therefrom.

As the tenons and mortises are made in line with the legs it is apparent that when the rails are brought together orclosed the legs can be either folded or opened out, but that when the legs are opened out and the rails spread apart the former cannot be closed. In this manner a brace is provided for the legs, rendering any extra attachments to hold them in position unnecessary.

It is also evident that when the rails are folded together and the legs closed upon them the rails cannot be separated, being held in the folded position.

Longitudinally in the upper portion of each rail is formed a deep and narrow groove, 6, into which the margin of the bed cloth or seat is inserted and secured by the introduction of a holding-strip, g, into said groove within a fold of the cloth.

C 0 represent the side guards, which are hinged to the outer edges of the rails. The head and foot boards D D are each hinged to the end of a guard, so as to fold thereon. When the bedstead is set up these end boards are opened across the ends of the bedstead and are held by clamps E, which are provided at the opposite ends of the opposite side guards. These side guards are designed to fold down closely against the side rails to which they are hinged, and the entire cot can be folded into a compact longitudinal package, which will occupy but little space in transportation or storage.

Having described this invention, what I claim and desire to secure. by Letters Patent 1. In a folding cot-bedstead, the combination, with the side rails, A, having the mortiscs a, of the cross-legs B B cut away laterally be low the pivot I), provided with the opposing wedge-shaped shoulders B, above the pivot b, and having the tenons c, and the hinge-plates (I, having their eyes d, pivoted in the mortises a of the side rails, A, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In combination, the bedstead or settee having the folding cross-legs B, the hinged side guard or back, 0, and the folding end boards or arms,l), hinged to said side guard or back, 0, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

UZZIEL HAYWARD.

Witnesses:

EBENEZER MORRISON, G. W. BALLOGII. 

